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Ma be tso buai!
I'm
Ari Tison
In Bribri, the word for story is siwa'. It's my favorite word in Bribri because it is is also synonymous with story, history, knowledge, and wind.
I love being a storyteller and getting to continue the tradition where all of these can exist in tandem.
I've been writing since I was a little girl.
who are the bribri people?
We are one of the eight Indigenous people groups of Costa Rica.
that's me & my dad
this is me & my dad
Here's me and Angeline Boulley when she was in town!
I love teaching and celebrating my colleagues and my students. They some of my favorite people in the world.
I love to dance
and once hit up the dance floor with Joy Harjo,
the first Native Poet Laureate of the United States.
I draw pictures of poems, shapes, and arcs while I’m planning a story.
I’m an amateur painter
i love to travel
It's ever fascinating to me to learn what someone else's everyday life looks like, AND I'm a sucker for museums and anything historical. Last October I was in Europe. Here's me on a rainy night in Venice.
I love to experiment and write in different forms and for a variety of audiences:for children, adults, and young adults. I'm in process on a historical novel...and middle grade *HORROR*? Here's me at my last writing retreat in a YUrt!
It's an honor to create alongside so many other artists, creators, and writers. I continue to feel blessed and grateful to be able to do so as well.
Mia mia
Thank you
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